THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY"
(2016) (Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong) (R)

QUICK TAKE:: Action/Comedy: An English football fan sets out to find his long-lost brother, only to learn he's a secret MI6 spy who's uncovered a plot that puts the world at risk.

PLOT:

It's been 28 years since Norman "Nobby" Butcher (SACHA BARON COHEN) last saw his kid brother. Married to Dawn (REBEL WILSON) and father to nine children in the seaport town of Grimsby, Nobby is a crass, but good-natured, working class dimwit who enjoys watching football (soccer). But he's never lost hoping of finding his younger sibling ever since they were separated and adopted into different families following their parents' untimely demise.

Unbeknownst to Nobby, his brother, Sebastian (MARK STRONG), was raised in well-to-do surroundings and now works as a top MI6 agent dealing with big-scale threats, with Jodie Figgies (ISLA FISHER) as his assistant back in headquarters. Nobby tracks down his brother at a London charity event put on by philanthropic actress Rhonda George (PENELOPE CRUZ), but Nobby unintentionally manages to bungle Sebastian's ordered hit on an assassin, Pavel Lukashenko (SCOTT ADKINS), resulting in a kid being shot and the leader of the World Health Organization killed. As a result, MI6 mistakenly believes Sebastian has gone rogue, and his boss (IAN McSHANE) orders a hit on him.

That results in another assassin, Jeremy Chilcott (SAM HAZELDINE), gunning for the brothers, now unlikely partners, as they travel across the globe while searching for Lukashenko. As they do so, they uncover a plot revolving around a planned terrorist attack at the World Cup and beyond, and must do what they can to stop it.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: Any who are fans of Cohen or who are intrigued by the gross-out and outrageous comedy bits might be intrigued (mostly teens).

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R: For strong crude sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, language, and some drug use.

I have subscribed to ScreenIt for more than a decade. I check in every week to take advantage of their amazing services. Not only does their site provide a glimpse of exactly what content a movie offers, I've found the “Our Take” reviews and ratings for each movie to be right on the money every single time. I've referred dozens of friends to this service because my #1 resource for deciding whether or not to show a movie to my kids, or to see one myself, is ScreenIt.com!

Josh Nisbet
Director, State of CA Public Sector

I signed up to get Screen It weekly reviews a long time ago, when my kids were young and I wanted to know more about movies before we went to a theater or rented. Now one child is in law school, other in undergraduate, and I still read the weekly Screen Its! It helps me know what my husband and I want to see or rent, and what to have waiting at home that we all will enjoy when my "kids" come home. I depend on Screen It reviews. They usually just present the facts and let me decide if the movie is appropriate or of interest for my family and me. Thank you for providing that service, Screen It!

Patti Petree
Winston Salem, NC

I have 4 children who are now in college. I signed up for Screen It when my children were pre-teenagers. Often my children would ask to see a movie with a friend and I wished I could preview the movie prior to giving permission. A friend told me about ScreenIt.com and I found it to be the next best thing to previewing a movie. The amount of violence, sexual content, or language were always concerns for me and my husband as we raised innocent kids with morals. We constantly fought the peer pressure our kids received to see films that in our opinion were questionable. With the evidence we received at Screen It, our kids couldn't even fight us when we felt a film may have been inappropriate for them to watch. Thank you, Screen It. Continue to make this helpful service available to everyone, but especially the young parents.

Christine Doherty
Machesney Park, IL

Screenit.com is an amazing resource for parents, educators, church groups or anyone who wants to make an informed decision whether a movie is suitable for their viewing. The reviews and content descriptions are so detailed I am mystified how the reviewers can put them together.

Scott Heathe
Vancouver, BC

I love screen It! I don't know what I would do without it. It is well worth the membership. Before we take our son to the movies we check it out on screen it first. Thank you SO much for making it. Keep up the good work & keep 'em coming!!!

Patrina Streety
Moreno Valley California

Other new and recent reviews include:

Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer
By entering this site you acknowledge to having read and agreed to the above conditions.